Our Family Tree

We are in LOVE with our family tree for our classroom this year.  

I drew inspiration from the blogs listed below. 

(All currently pinned to my Classroom Ideas Pinterest board.)

Tree 1

Tree 2

Tree 3

I then free-handed a tree trunk on brown butcher paper, laminated it, and cut it out.  Note: I cut the tree along the lines I drew on the paper after I laminated it to save myself from not only having to cut it out twice, but also to keep from wrinkling the branches as they laminated.  

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I laminated these dots from Creative Teaching Press, purchased from The School Box. 

(I honestly don't remember if I have the 6" or 10" dots.)

I used a glue gun and started layering.  

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The finished product, sans family pictures.

I added a sign created on Microsoft Publisher.  I have always liked that pre-made bubble frame they have as an option.  I just changed the colors to match our tree better.

I goes great with our class bulletin board.  I'll post it at another time. ;)